Design News Search Engineer
Friday, September 19, 2003
For technology news junkies
Hi, my name is Search Engineer and yes, I'm a techie-news addict. I can't get enough of what's happening in the world of science and technology. And to help get me through the day, I hit Science Daily at least once a day. This site is updated with the latest science and technical news from around the world 3 times a day. You can review articles by topic or by the date, too. Having access to all this data can't be a bad thing, right?
Thursday, September 18, 2003
New tools
Don't you just love opening the box of a new power tool? I just got a new orbital sander and couldn't wait to find a piece of wood to try it out. And since I got it to redo several antique dining room chairs, it didn't take long to break it in!
But hey, you gotta love tools, no matter what...and I found a pretty darn good toolbox for engineers right online -- The Engineering ToolBox. There are the standard tools one would expect to find in a toolbox -- unit converters, definitions, equations, etc. -- but there are some pretty nifty tools that you don't know you need -- formulas on hydraulic and equivalent diameter, pump affinity laws, specific gravities for different materials. even ISA instrumentation coding used in process control systems.
Bookmark this puppy, you're going to use it!
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
Long time no write
I admit it, things have been nuts in Search Engineerville...yes, deadlines have been driving me crazy!
Any way, I have been spending a few minutes here and there surfing and found some interesting sites, especially for the younger set or for those of us who can't fill our brains with enough and want more trivia!
National Inventors Hall of Fame has games as well as a pretty good list and biographies of folks who have invented "stuff." Each inventors page has major accomplishments and some even have audio clips.
The Smithsonian Institute has a great site for the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. Personally, I liked the Invention Playhouse, which tells stories on how inventors played as children, as well as an electronic inventor's sketchbook (yes, you can draw!) and some other games...like Tinker Ball.
Along the lines of Lemelson, MIT has a site promoting inventing as well http://web.mit.edu/invent/invent-main.html. Each week a different inventor and inventor are profiles, plus the site features an Inventor's Handbook, not to mention, of course, a games area.
